A-Rod's Sneaky Fast

At the ripe old age of 27 years and 249 days old, Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 300 home runs tonight with a three-run short off Ramon Ortiz.

Here are the all-time leaders in home runs hit before the season in which a player was 28 for most of the year:

Name	HR
Jimmie Foxx	302
Eddie Mathews	299
Alex Rodriguez	298
Ken Griffey Jr.	294
Frank Thomas	287
Mickey Mantle	280
Mel Ott		275
Frank Robinson	262
Juan Gonzalez	256
Hank Aaron		253
Johnny Bench	240
Jose Canseco	235
Harmon Killebrew	223
Orlando Cepeda	223
Joe DiMaggio	219
Willie Mays	216
Ralph Kiner	215
Darryl Strawberry	215
Rocky Colavito	209
Vladimir Guerrero	209
Hal Trosky		205
Boog Powell	202

I have not much to say other than A-Rod is obviously in some very good company at the top of that list.